Rare Birds in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 101 rare birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 14 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRecorded all year
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common CraneGrus grusResidentRare100–130 cmRecorded all year
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made